Today so far 2026-09-04 · 12:00 UTC

A major security breach exposed that hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year, representing a significant vulnerability in identity verification infrastructure. Meanwhile, policy discussions around AI governance are gaining momentum, with Bill Gates warning that a fast-moving tech threat needs an IAEA-style watchdog, while nations and major tech companies are planning to train AI systems using data from Ukraine. Separately, the tech sector continues to see consolidation and market activity, with reports of Crusoe raising $3 billion at a $30 billion valuation and Oura filing to go public.

Show HN: We post-trained a model that pen tests instead of refusing your code

I'm Dimitrios at Cosine. Quick orientation first: the read-only scan is free and you can run it right now: that's the part to try.

2026-06-09 · 12:26 UTC
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Emerge Career (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Marketer

2026-06-09 · 12:01

How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers

2026-06-09 · 12:00

Orbital founder Euwyn Poon built 250,000 scooters at Spin. Now he wants to launch 10,000 space data centers.

Show HN: Learn from 30 historical figures, open source, nonprofit, self-hosted

2026-06-09 · 11:56

Hello HN, I am the founder of Agora Cosmica.This started about three years ago.

Show HN: Gravity – interactive solar-system simulator, from Newton to Einstein

2026-06-09 · 11:46

Just for fun and self education, I've built this over a weekend to teach myself why orbits exist, not just show planets…

Test-case reducers are underappreciated debugging tools

2026-06-09 · 11:27

Test-case reducers are underutilized debugging tools that automatically shrink program inputs to identify which parts…

Making Graphics Like it's 1993

2026-06-09 · 10:46

Marko Stanic is developing Catlantean 3D, a first-person shooter intentionally built using 1990s graphics techniques,…

OpenAI IPO Filing Arrives as AI Reshapes U.S. Employment Trends

2026-06-09 · 10:26

OpenAI has filed for an initial public offering ( IPO), marking a new move for the artificial intelligence company as…

The iPhone's Last Stand

2026-06-09 · 10:08

At its Build conference, Microsoft unveiled Project Solara, a vision for cloud-based AI agents accessible through…

Midnight Foundation Launches Night Sky Accelerator to Support Privacy-First Startups

2026-06-09 · 10:03

LONDON, JUNE 9, 2026 – The Midnight Foundation has announced the launch of the Night Sky Accelerator, a new 10-week…

GentleOS – Classic operating system with a lovely retro GUI

2026-06-09 · 09:50

GentleOS/32 is a hobby operating system designed for vintage 32-bit PCs that allows users to tinker with old hardware at…

Apple Sheds $230 Billion From Intraday Peak After Long-Awaited Siri AI Reveal Disappoints

2026-06-09 · 09:30

Apple shares swung nearly 5% from their intraday high, erasing about $230 billion in market value, after the company’s…

Eagle Computer: The rise and fall of an early PC clone

2026-06-09 · 09:17

Eagle Computer was a leading PC clone manufacturer in the early 1980s, selling 12,000 units monthly with strong…

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

2026-06-09 · 09:10

The article compares AI code generation tools to "rockstar developers" who write clever but unmaintainable code that…

Evotrex raises $30M to build the RV that doesn’t need a charging station

2026-06-09 · 09:00

The startup is one of many entering the RV space, but it's banking on a hybrid power system that can go far beyond…

AI: OpenAI Files for IPO Valued at 852 Billion Dollars

2026-06-09 · 08:35

While Wall Street rolls out the red carpet, OpenAI arrives with a dizzying valuation.

AI Stocks Account for Nearly All of the S&P 500’s Recent Gains

2026-06-09 · 08:33

The US stock market’s total value has surged to $75.7 trillion, pushing the market cap to GDP ratio to a record 238%.

Tech Workers Pay Escorts $23K a Day for AI and Crypto Conversations

2026-06-09 · 07:35

Silicon Valley’s AI boom is creating demand for a different type of paid companionship.

Kalshi Taps Sportradar for Official League Data and Integrity Tools in Prediction Markets

2026-06-09 · 07:30

Kalshi has signed a multi-year global deal making sports-data company Sportradar its official data and integrity…

Google Unveils a Clever Trick to Safeguard You From AI-Driven Phone Scams

2026-06-09 · 05:30

Google is adding call verification to Pixel phones in the latest Android update, using the Phone by Google app to create…

Zepto’s IPO filing reveals fast growth, bigger losses, and a valuation question nobody’s answered yet

2026-06-09 · 05:07

Zepto's advertising revenue jumped 151%, outpacing the company's 104% growth in operating revenue.

CRDTs merge concurrent edits. Why not concurrent creation?

2026-06-09 · 04:48

CRDTs (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types) can merge concurrent edits to the same content, but struggle when two users…

Porting the ThinkPad X61 to Coreboot

2026-06-09 · 04:06

A developer successfully ported coreboot (open-source firmware) to the ThinkPad X61 using AI-assisted reverse…

Claude Fable 5

2026-06-09 · 03:46

Anthropic has launched Claude Fable 5, a state-of-the-art AI model with capabilities exceeding all previously available…

GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) is hiring Back end Engineers

2026-06-09 · 03:34

GoGoGrandparent, a Y Combinator-backed concierge service for seniors, is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer with 6+ years…

OpenAI confidentially files to go public in the US

2026-06-09 · 02:02

OpenAI says it filed for an initial public offering in the US, but has not yet decided when it will launch.

Why Apple’s slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart

2026-06-09 · 01:56

Can Apple's new AI glow up put to bed accusations that it's losing an all-important industry race?

We Think the SpaceX IPO Is Overvalued

2026-06-09 · 01:56

Morningstar values SpaceX at $63 per share, a 53% discount to its IPO offering price of $135, based on…

FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation

2026-06-09 · 00:59

The waiver "serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation."

Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks

2026-06-09 · 00:45

Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.

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